Official Logitech Harmony One thread - Page 353

amazing and thank you for that input!! that is weird you have to do that backdoor approach to get it to work but whatever, i will if i have to. Mine is scheduled to arrive tomorrow but I am not hooking things up until friday so i dont know how much pre-work i can do. We will see. I am assuming it will be a couple hours of my time to use the PC and tailor to my liking. I wish i could find the database without creating an account. I want to make sure my TV is in there.

Hey, BPlayer, thanks. I think your post was the one I had come across awhile back, and it was long enough that I just moved on (and never solved my problem.) I'm going to print it out now and sit down w/the remote and see what I can do. The DVR FF/RW is so frustrating that half the time I will FF for a bit, then just hit Play and mute the TV and sit there like a dummy until the show starts back up again. Thanks for the tip.

It will, so why haven't you created an account? You don't need to have the remote in your hand at the time.

Or you could ask one of us here to check for you.

did not know that, i went briefly to the site to just look at it and I thought I saw "register device" as an option and just assumed i needed to have a device to register. That would be my fault for not looking into it more, haha. Well, if you dont mind and kindly look for Samsung PN64E533 I would greatly appreciate it. My concern was it is a newer one that it seems only Costco carriers and with the Logitech financial woes i was concerned their databases are not getting updated as frequently.

There is a public device lookup on the main logitech remote page.

Even if you don't find an exact match, most manufacturers don't change codes much between models, so just about any recent model will work. The older profiles tend to be better anyway since they've been around long enough for users to submit complete command sets. Newer models tend to have only the commands from the original remotes.

Thank you for the feedback and good suggestion on using old remote codes. I might just be slow today but I am failing to see the lookup on their home page.

If you are in the US, click "main" in my last post then look for "Look up your devices". Not sure where it is on the sites outside the US.

Life is good.

 

Life is really good, thank you!!!!!!!!!!!

BPlayer-- I did a read through of your method, and I think I still have a problem. You have the One learn the "skip" command from the PVR remote, but I think that is my core issue. There isn't a "skip" command for the Cisco 8640HDC, afaik. Maybe I missed it.

In the seventh point of Step 3 substitute "FF" where it says "skip". That should do it.

I recently bought 2 reconditioned Ones and I love them. I bought the 880 when it first came out but it died after a couple years. But here's my problem. My satellite reciever ( bell 9241) has a UHF/ IR pro 6.3 remote. I have changed it over to run on ir on remote address #1. I also have an ir extender hooked up which works flawlessly with all other components but will not work with the satellite remote in ir mode. Does it send a different ir signal?

I never did try just using the One instead though. I'm getting tired of figuring out one problem just to find another 😕

Your options are to drop a load of cash and get a customizer to provide you with a bullet proof system, or just keep working at it.

To confirm, the satellite receiver responds correctly to the satellite remote of H1 when not using the extender, but does not respond when using the extender? Does the extender use a blaster or mini blasters?

In summary is this an H1 problem (right thread), or an extender problem (wrong thread).

I would suggest never buying anything from wirelessoemshop.com. I received my second remote and haven't been able to see if it will work but have a look at the condition of a so called refurbished remote.







It is my own fault for seeing price as a selling point and not paying attention to the type of online retailer or product description. This is by far the worst product I have ever received, used or not. Their customer service was ok at first, then has started to become nonexistent once I was talking about a refund for the issues I have had with shipping and condition of the item.

WOW! Mine is years old & doesn't look anywhere near the condition of that ONE. Next time use Tiger or Amazon.

I will probably never buy another Harmony remote used to say the least. I filed a BBB claim and this company has a F rating and they are not BBB certified. The remote works and is all cleaned up, looks mostly like new now thanks to 5 minutes of cleaning using a pluckers pic to get in the crevices. I filed a dispute with paypal as well because of the issues I have had. If I get some money back great, but at least I finally have a working One.

The good news is with it all nice and clean it actually works, where my first one had an IR issue. I love the Harmony Icons. That is such a nice upgrade compared to my really old 520. I am pleased with the remote, just not the service of that company.
Edited by flashman03 - 2/16/13 at 2:24pm

Same thing here, mine is at least 4 years old (which has a problem and I'll need to replace) looks new. How do people mistreat an expensive electronic piece of equipment like that? And then how the heck do units like like that end up resold?

Now that the H1 is "discontinued" it seems the remaining inventory is premium priced.

The Touch does not look that attractive (I like a lot of hard buttons) and acquiring refurb's is dicey.......

I guess you could go with the 900 but that unit does not seem to get a great rating......

Hope my H1 lasts a long time......

I recently got a refurb from meritline for <$100 which looks new. The box, not so much, but that's fine by me. I'm still using a refurb 880. Interestingly, I found a replacement battery that works in both.

Now I just have to hope nothing happens to the website!

To date I have purchased three Ones, two 880s, two 650s, two 610s, one 550 and three 520s.  All except the very first two purchased (my original 880 and original One) have been refurbs (either direct from Logitech or from Tiger).  None have ever given me any trouble at all.  All of them looked and worked as good as new...  nothing at all like flashman03's experience.  That vendor should be locked up on fraud charges for calling that mess "refurbished".

BPlayer -- bingo. I just set it up and ran a quick test, and it looks I can get just shy of a one minute jump. Awesome. Thank you. That will be a big improvement.

Has anyone experienced this: it takes 3 to 4 tries of pressing "Watch TV" on the Harmony One remote before I'm able to get sound. On the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd try all the components click on (TV, receiver, and cable box) and there's video but no sound. I have an Integra DTR-40.1 receiver, Panasonic TC-P55VT30, and the cable box is a newer Samsung box from Time-Warner. The input from the cable box goes through the receiver. No problems with the set up for the first year. But now I can't power up without going through this 3-4 tries. It is annoying. Any ideas/possible solutions? Thanks.

The skip time can be increased by making the inter-key value for the phantom skip device larger. I have a value of 2500 which gives me a 3 minute skip.

Have you tried the Help button and does that resolve the problem? How about after getting sound, manually turning a device off then on, one device at a time to try and determine where the problem might be. It is likely not the remote that is causing the problem. How if the cable box connected to the AVR, e.g., hmdi or component and digital audio?

Sometimes my Tivo and Samsung TV don't handshake properly through my AVR over HDMI and I get no sound. My solution was to program an unused button on the H1 to switch the AVR input to my BD player and immediately back to the Tivo. This causes them to renegotiate the handshake and I get sound.

This is interesting. I never would have thought of it. I have a few Vizios that have occasional handshake issues (about once a month). I'm going to try your solution.

Thanks.

Burt

Heads up; I got an email today from Comp-U-Plus selling the new Touch refurbs for $169.
Logitech Harmony Touch Universal Remote with Color Touchscreen - Black (915-000198)**OPEN BOX . PRISTINE CONDITION**
I just checked & they are OS. Might be nice buy next time they go on sale. I will try to post earlier if I get another email.

I've had a similar handshake issue between my PS3 and TV. Sometimes the TV would be on the right input but no signal was coming through. I programmed and extra step into my activities to reissue the input command to the TV at the end of the activity and it always works now.

Where do you change this value in the software? I only see a general inter-key delay which is set to 100. Is that what you adjusted?

I do not currently have access to the software, but it is under Devices (for the phantom skip device), Adjust power delays (or something similar).